Spain's Grandes Pagos wines kick off global campaign

Spain's 27 top single estate wineries, collected under the Grandes Pagos de España banner, have launched a campaign to put their wines on the map internationally.

UK wine firms should look to US market for growth, says senior trade figure

British wine firms should look to the US, where domestic wine consumption is outpacing supply, says trade stalwart James Forbes, who has formed a US-focused company.

Argentina wine consumers 'attractive' to retailers

Q&A: Wine's of Argentina's Andrew Maidment on growth, customer profiles and plans

With sales of Argentinian wine up 20% in the off-trade, confidence is booming in the South American country. Wines of Argentina's Europea and Asia director Andrew Maidment tells harpers.co.uk what's driving growth, how its typical customers differ from the rest of the wine category and what's next.

Monkey Shoulder gets UK brand ambassador

Fast-growing malt whisky brand Monkey Shoulder has appointed bartender Grant Neave as its full-time UK brand ambassador.

David Beckham gets behind new Diageo Scotch whisky

Diageo is launching a new Scotch whisky called Haig Club, in partnership with footballing great David Beckham and music mogul Simon Fuller.

Liberty Wines recruits commercial director

Liberty Wines has recruited Jon Worsley as commercial director to boost the company's premium position.

Argentinian wines grow 20% in off-trade

Argentinian wines are surging ahead in the off-trade, with growth of 20% in the last year, as the market "moves up to suit Argentina", says the European director of the country's generic body.

Brancott Estate doubles marketing spend

Pernod Ricard UK has doubled its consumer marketing spend on New Zealand wine brand Brancott Estate.

Supermarket wine price wars are dumbing down market, says report

Supermarket wine price wars are threatening to'dumb down British consumers' attitudes to wine, exclusive research from Harpers Data & Insight team reveals.

Wine Australia's Yvonne May takes extended leave over illness

Wine Australia's European director Yvonne May is taking extended leave from the generic body to receive treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.

UK trade still finds Bordeaux 2013 wines to buy

After much criticism ahead of the 2013 en primeur tastings, it seems that many UK merchants have been undeterred by negative press and plan to buy and sell this year's wines.

?Growth of private label wines overtakes brands in multiples

Growth of private label wines is outpacing branded wines, and now accounts for over one-third of wines on offer across the major retailers.

Drinkaware accuses trade of not doing enough to promote unit guidelines

Drinkaware says consumers are confused over unit guidelines and called on the industry to do more.

Q&A with ?Paul Schaafsma, general manager UK, Ireland and AMESCA for Accolade Wines

Paul Schaafsma the general manager for UK, Ireland and AMESCA at Accolade Wines about a new working culture for the group and his UK wine strategy moving forward.

Senior wine critics call for en primeur "sham" to be overhauled

Two of wine's most-respected wine critics have called for urgent reform of Bordeaux's en primeur system, describing it, in turn, as a "con" a "sham" and a system that the trade and investors have "lost faith in".

ProWein: What the trade thought of the 2014 show

Last month it seemed like the entire UK wine trade had decamped to Düsseldorf for ProWein. The Harpers team was there to find out what key trends emerged and why the show is now so important.

Morgenrot launches bee-saving wine at M&B

Manchester-based importer Morgenrot has teamed up with Mitchells & Butlers to launch Planetbee, a South African Chenin Blanc, which is donating money from each sale to safeguard the bee population.

Viñalba launches Malbec and Cabernet blend

Argentinian wine brand Viñalba has launched Reservado Fifty 50, a blend of Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Naked Wines' bond-funded fine wine is ready